Austin Engineering Firm
A Full-Service Engineering Firm for Austin
Cleary Zimmermann Engineers is a full-service engineering firm serving Austin and Central Texas, with capabilities that go beyond building MEP into industrial MEP, commissioning, IT/security design, and water/wastewater engineering. Our Austin MEP team is led by Aaron Lovelock, PE, and Aaron Heaps, PE, and works out of our office at 3218 Manor Road, embedded in the local design and construction community rather than operating as a satellite outpost.
Most firms that call themselves “MEP” stop at mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. Cleary Zimmermann doesn’t. When a project needs commissioning verification, a security and access-control system integrated with the building’s electrical scope, or process-specific industrial engineering alongside standard building systems, we deliver all of it from one team instead of forcing you to coordinate multiple outside consultants.
Full-Service Engineering Capabilities in Austin
Every discipline below is handled in-house by our Austin team, which means fewer coordination gaps between consultants and a single point of accountability from schematic design through construction closeout.
- Building MEP Engineering: Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design — HVAC systems sized for Austin’s summer heat and occasional winter freeze events, power distribution and lighting design coordinated with Austin Energy and Oncor, and plumbing systems that account for the region’s water conservation requirements.
- Industrial MEP: Process cooling, specialized ventilation, and high-demand power distribution for manufacturing, laboratory, and data-center facilities — increasingly relevant as Austin’s technology and semiconductor sector continues to expand.
- Commissioning: Independent verification that building systems are installed, calibrated, and performing to design intent, across projects of every scale.
- IT/Security Design: Data infrastructure, access control, surveillance, and audio/visual systems, coordinated with the MEP scope from the start rather than bolted on afterward — a service line Austin’s growing corporate and tech-adjacent development has made increasingly common to request.
- Water/Wastewater Engineering: Municipal water and wastewater system design and infrastructure engineering — a service line that sets Cleary Zimmermann apart from most firms that brand themselves as MEP-only.
Why Austin Clients Choose a Full-Service Engineering Partner
Bringing on separate consultants for MEP, commissioning, and security design creates coordination risk — three sets of documents that have to be reconciled, three different points of contact, and gaps that tend to surface during construction rather than during design. Cleary Zimmermann’s Austin team eliminates that risk by keeping every discipline in-house and coordinated from day one.
That breadth also means we scale with the project. A single building renovation might only need our building MEP team. A campus expansion with new security infrastructure and a commissioning requirement pulls in three of our practices working from the same set of drawings. Either way, you’re working with one firm and one team that already knows your project.
Serving Austin and the Full I-35 Corridor
Our Austin office isn’t limited to projects inside the city limits. We serve the full I-35 corridor and Central Texas region — Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Pflugerville, Hutto, Buda, Kyle, San Marcos, Bastrop, Killeen, Temple, and Waco. Aaron Heaps, PE, serves as Principal of Operations and manages the firm’s workflow across this entire service area, while Aaron Lovelock, PE, leads building MEP design for the Austin market.
Wherever your project falls in Central Texas, our Austin team brings the same full-service capability — not a narrower scope because the project sits outside city limits.
Start Your Austin Engineering Project With Cleary Zimmermann
Whether your project needs building MEP alone or a combination of MEP, commissioning, security design, and industrial engineering, our Austin team is ready to scope it accurately from the start. Bring us in early and we’ll help you determine which disciplines your project actually needs — and deliver all of them from one accountable team.
Contact Cleary Zimmermann to connect with our Austin engineering team, or explore our full range of engineering services.
MEP Principals
Austin Engineering — Frequently Asked Questions
Is Cleary Zimmermann a general engineering firm or an MEP-specific firm?
Cleary Zimmermann is best described as a full-service engineering firm with an MEP core. Beyond mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design, we provide industrial MEP, commissioning, IT/security design, and water/wastewater engineering — all in-house. We do not provide structural, civil, or architectural design; for those disciplines we coordinate directly with a project’s architect and structural engineer.
What's the difference between an MEP firm and a full-service engineering firm?
An MEP firm typically limits its scope to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design. A full-service engineering firm like Cleary Zimmermann adds adjacent disciplines — commissioning, IT/security, industrial process engineering, and water/wastewater — so a project owner can source more of their engineering scope from a single, coordinated team instead of managing several separate consultants.
Does Cleary Zimmermann handle industrial engineering projects in Austin?
Yes. Our industrial MEP practice serves manufacturing, laboratory, and data-center facilities throughout the Austin region, including process cooling, specialized ventilation, and high-demand power distribution — capabilities that go beyond standard commercial building MEP design.
Who leads the Austin engineering team?
Aaron Lovelock, PE, leads building MEP design for the Austin market. Aaron Heaps, PE, serves as Principal of Operations and manages the firm’s workflow across the Austin office and its full Central Texas service area. Both are based in our Austin office at 3218 Manor Road, Suite 200.
What areas does Cleary Zimmermann's Austin engineering team serve?
Our Austin team serves the full I-35 corridor and Central Texas region, including Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Pflugerville, Hutto, Buda, Kyle, San Marcos, Bastrop, Killeen, Temple, and Waco, in addition to the City of Austin itself.
What are the benefits of working with a single full-service engineering firm instead of multiple consultants?
Keeping MEP, commissioning, security design, and industrial engineering under one firm reduces coordination risk between separate consultants, produces more consistent construction documents, and gives a project owner a single point of accountability rather than multiple contracts to manage independently.
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